2002 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

2002 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
2002 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2001–02
Teams	12
Site	Kemper Arena; Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Oklahoma (2nd title)
Winning coach	Kelvin Sampson (2nd title)
MVP	Hollis Price (Oklahoma)
Attendance	104,740 (overall); 18,848 (championship)
Top scorer	Drew Gooden (Kansas); (56 points)
Television	ESPN
	Big 12 men's basketball tournaments ← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Big 12 Men's Basketball tournament took place in Kansas City, Missouri at Kemper Arena. Oklahoma defeated Kansas 64–55 to win their second Big 12 tournament championship.^[2]

2001–02 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Kansas	16	–	0	1.000	33	–	4	.892
No. 3 Oklahoma †	13	–	3	.813	31	–	5	.861
Texas	10	–	6	.625	22	–	12	.647
No. 20 Oklahoma State	10	–	6	.625	23	–	9	.719
Texas Tech	10	–	6	.625	23	–	9	.719
Missouri	9	–	7	.563	24	–	12	.667
Kansas State	6	–	10	.375	13	–	16	.448
Nebraska	6	–	10	.375	13	–	15	.464
Colorado	5	–	11	.313	15	–	14	.517
Baylor	4	–	12	.250	14	–	16	.467
Iowa State	4	–	12	.250	12	–	19	.387
Texas A&M	3	–	13	.188	9	–	22	.290

† 2002 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll ^[1]

Seeding

The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.^[3]

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.
2002 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
1	Kansas ‡#	16–0	33–4
2	Oklahoma #	13–3	31–5
3	Texas #	10–6	22–12
4	Oklahoma State #	10–6	23–9
5	Texas Tech	10–6	23–9
6	Missouri	9–7	24–12
7	Kansas State	6–10	13–16
8	Nebraska	6–10	13–15
9	Colorado	5–11	15–14
10	Baylor	4–12	14–16
11	Iowa State	4–12	12–19
12	Texas A&M	3–13	9–22
‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Conference tournament.^[3]

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First Round – Thursday, March 7
1	1	12:00 PM	#9 Colorado 67 vs #8 Nebraska 60	Big 12	10,500
1	2	2:20 PM	#5 Texas Tech 80 vs #12 Texas A&M 71		10,500
2	3	6:00 PM	#7 Kansas State 74 vs #10 Baylor 73 ^OT		18,848
2	4	8:35 PM	#6 Missouri 79 vs #11 Iowa State 59	ESPN2	18,848
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
3	5	12:00 PM	#1 Kansas 102 vs #9 Colorado 73	Big 12	18,848
3	6	2:20 PM	#5 Texas Tech 73 vs #4 Oklahoma State 51		18,848
4	7	6:00 PM	#2 Oklahoma 63 vs #7 Kansas State 52		18,848
4	8	8:20 PM	#3 Texas 89 vs #6 Missouri 85		18,848
Semifinals – Saturday, March 9
5	9	1:00 PM	#1 Kansas 90 vs #5 Texas Tech 50	Big 12	18,848
5	10	3:20 PM	#2 Oklahoma 67 vs #3 Texas 51	Big 12	18,848
Final – Sunday, March 10
6	11	2:00 PM	#2 Oklahoma 64 vs #1 Kansas 55	ESPN	18,848
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed^[4]^[2]

* Indicates overtime game^[5]

Most Outstanding Player – Hollis Price, Oklahoma^[4]

Player	Team	Position	Class
Hollis Price	Oklahoma	Jr.	G
Nick Collison	Kansas	Jr.	F
Drew Gooden	Kansas	Jr.	F
Aaron McGhee	Oklahoma	Sr.	F
T. J. Ford	Texas	Fr.	G

^ 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "2002 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 83–86. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
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